Twitter is pushing back against claims made by conservative activist group Project Veritas that its employees monitor private user data, including direct messages.

TweetDeck Teams - a feature that lets users share access to Twitter accounts, without having to share a password - will now work in the Twitter app for iOS and Android. This change will make it easier for those who run social media accounts for businesses and brands to post updates, check replies, send direct messages, and more, without having to run a separate app.

If anything, however, the move could hint that Twitter is thinking of transitioning TweetDeck's account management features to its main app. After all, many of TweetDeck's more advanced features, like muting, search, and list management, already exist on Twitter itself. It only makes sense that shared accounts would make its way over, too.

Before this change, admins and contributors could only use TweetDeck Teams accounts in TweetDeck itself, so this broadens their availability.

After the Team is set up, users may be invited to join the Team via an email notification, a notification in TweetDeck, as well as a push notification to Twitter for iOS and Android. They can then accept or decline from any of those places, including the Twitter mobile app. Here, Twitter users will tap their profile icon and look for "Team Requests," then tap the checkmark icon or "x" to accept or decline.

Once a part of a Team, Twitter for iOS and Android users can tweet, Direct Message, Like, and Retweet from a Team account using the main Twitter mobile app.